By default, the ownCloud Web interface opens to your Files page. You can add,
remove, and share files, and make changes based on the access privileges set by
you (if you are administering the server) or by your server administrator.

The ownCloud user interface contains the following fields and functions:

Apps Selection Menu: Located in the upper left corner, click the arrow to
open a dropdown menu to navigate to your various available apps.

Apps Information field: Located in the left sidebar, this provides
filters and tasks associated with your selected app. For example, when you
are using the Files apps you have a special set of filters for quickly
finding your files, such as files that have been shared with you, and files
that you have shared with others. You’ll see different items for other apps.

Application View: The main central field in the ownCloud user interface.
This field displays the contents or user features of your selected app.

Navigation Bar: Located over the main viewing window (the Application
View), this bar provides a type of breadcrumbs navigation that enables you to
migrate to higher levels of the folder hierarchy up to the root level (home).

New button: Located in the Navigation Bar, the New button
enables you to create new files, new folders, or upload files.

Note

You can also drag and drop files from your file manager into the
ownCloud Files Application View to upload them to ownCloud. Currently,
the only Web browsers that support drag-and-drop folders are Chrome and
Chromium.

Search field: Click on the magnifier in the upper right hand corner of
to search for files.

Gallery button. This looks like four little squares, and takes you
directly to your image gallery.

Personal Settings menu: Click on your ownCloud username, located to the
right of the Search field, to open your Personal Settings dropdown menu. Your
Personal page provides the following settings and features: